Special Report of the State Board of Agriculture on the Work of Extermination of the Ocneria Dispar or Gypsy Moth

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Excerpt from Special Report of the State Board of Agriculture on the Work of Extermination of the Ocneria Dispar or Gypsy Moth: Acts of 1891, Chapter 210A code of rules and regulations was adopted, a copy of which is appended to this report. On June 3rd an additional appropriation of for the work was made by the Legislature. The force was immediately increased, and the work of spraying pushed with all possible rapidity. More than thirty teams and not less than two hundred and thirty men were employed. This work was continued until the caterpillars had so far ceased to feed that the spraying had little effect upon them. Vast' numbers were destroyed by the spraying, but, from the fact that they were hatching all through the season, and the larvae in all stages of growth were present at the same time and also that many had changed into the pupa stage before the latest hatching had been completed, it was found that spraying could not be depended on to kill them all. Their habit of spinning down when disturbed, and crawling away into the grass or other concealed situations, also prevents complete destruction by spraying.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.